Flatline at Table Five

As the head server at an upscale steakhouse, you're faced with a critical emergency when a patron goes into cardiac arrest. The restaurant's AED defibrillator has a dead battery, and your hostile restaurant manager is more concerned about PR than saving a life. Time is running out as EMS is stuck in traffic.

Challenges

Survivors

Popularity

Difficulty

B1-B2

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Scenario Overview

Your Role

Head Server / Floor Captain

Conversation Partner

Marcus Chen, Restaurant General Manager

Setting

Upscale steakhouse dining room, Table 5 visible through the service station window, chaos unfolding as other diners stand and watch

Location

The Capital Grille, Downtown Financial District

Learning Objectives

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Locate a working AED within 6-minute response window

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Manage other diners and maintain crowd control

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Navigate manager's resistance while protecting patient's dignity

About This Scenario

How It Starts

“Listen, we need to handle this discreetly. That's Richard Thomson at Table 5 - he's a regular and his law firm handles half our corporate accounts. Get him on his feet and into the private dining room before someone starts filming this.”

This is how Marcus Chen, Restaurant General Manager's greeting will start.

Practice Details

Scenario ID

#275

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